Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai to Focus on Farm Takeovers in Review of Portfolios

Voice of America Politics Updated: 8:14 UTC Tuesday 19 January 2010 RSS Feed Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai to Focus on Farm Takeovers in Review of Portfolios   Minister of State Gorden Moyo said Prime Minister Tsvangirai will consult this week with all ministers about their portfolios, but the continuing and often violent farm takeovers are of particular concern …

Campbell judgment SADC June 2009

IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) TRIBUNAL WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA CASE NO SADC (T) 03/2009  IN THE MATTER BETWEEN   WILLIAM MICHAEL CAMPBELL                         1st APPLICANT RICHARD THOMAS ETHEREDGE                        2nd APPLICANT And  THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE                                       RESPONDENT   ___________________________________________________________ CORAM:   H.E. JUSTICE A. G. PILLAY                                    PRESIDENT H.E. JUSTICE I. J. MTAMBO, SC                                     MEMBER H.E.JUSTICE DR. L. A. MONDLANE                     …

Eric Bloch: Perplexing Sanctions Puzzle

Eric Bloch: Perplexing Sanctions Puzzlehttp://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:46 FOR almost a decade the subject of sanctions has been highly topical in the context of Zimbabwe. Initially, the sanctions imposed by sections of the international community upon Zimbabwe were specifically targeted at named individuals who constituted the political hierarchy of Zimbabwe, and others closely …

GPA Impasse weighs down hunting season

GPA Impasse Weighs Down Hunting Seasonhttp://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:13 THE 2009 hunting season was severely affected by outstanding issues in the global political agreement (GPA), the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe (Soaz) has said. Soaz chairman Jacob Mudenda told businessdigest last week that the industry operated at about 45% capacity during last season …

Corruption trial fails to take off

Corruption trial fails to take offhttp://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 21 January 2010 19:22 THE trial of Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) chief executive officer Andrew Matibiri on allegations of criminal abuse of power that was supposed to be heard at the Mbare Magistrates court on Tuesday has been moved to February 16 after a state witness failed …

SADC Protocol on Tribunal

SADC Protocol on Tribunal TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLEPART I PreliminaryARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONSPART II OrganisationARTICLE 2 CONSTITUTION OF THE TRIBUNALARTICLE 3 CONSTITUTION AND COMPOSITIONARTICLE 4 NOMINATION, SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERSARTICLE 5 SOLEMN DECLARATIONARTICLE 6 TENURE OF OFFICE OF MEMBERSARTICLE 7 THE PRESIDENTARTICLE 8 RESIGNATION AND TERMINATION OF OFFICEARTICLE 9 DISQUALIFICATION OR REFUSALARTICLE 10 IMMUNITY FROM …

Treaty of the Southern African Developmant Treaty (SADC)

  TREATY OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) The SADC Treaty was adopted in 1992 and entered into force in 1993, and was altered by the 2001 Agreement Amending the Treaty of SADC. In the document reprinted here, the 2001 amendments have been integrated into the founding treaty. The original languages are English, French …

High Court attaches RBZ property

High Court attaches RBZ propertyhttp://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:24 THE High Court has ordered the attachment of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe property after it failed to pay US$2m for tractors it bought under its farm mechanisation programme in 2008. Justice Tedias Karwi granted an order last December compelling the central bank to pay US$2,1 …